mentoring program

[Monica Biswas]

Message 1:
From: Jennifer Saladis <JSaladis at nycid.org>

I attended the mentor supervisor training given by Big Brothers Big 
Sisters of New York. The course was excellent and they provide you with 
all the information you need to begin a mentoring program, train 
volunteers, etc. They do have a website, bbbsa.org is the national site 
with links to all of the programs! I am sure you can find out the 
information you need! Good luck!

Jennifer Saladis
Youth Coordinator
New York Center for Interpersonal Development
130 Stuyvesant Place 5th Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-815-4557 ext 15
jsaladis at nycid.org
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Message 2:
From: Tracie Umbreit <tumbreit at yahoo.com>

I would suggest getting in touch with Tutor/Mentor Exchange. Under their 
Resource page you can view workshops samples as well as other research 
related to mentoring.  http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/
Tracie Umbreit
Program Coordinator
Community Programs
Center For Social Support and Education
t.umbreit at csseonline.org
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Message 3: 
From: Jayson Green <jgreen at abetterchance.org>

Melissa,

I am not sure where you are located but Big Brothers Big Sisters of New 
York City has a wonderful Mentor Supervisor Training Program.  All 
participants in the program receive a huge binder filled with curriculum 
from the classes.  Even if you are unable to participate in the NY program 
I am sure they can direct you to programs in your surrounding area.

The web link is:
http://www.bbbsny.org/training/msc.cfm

Good luck!

__________________________________________________ 

Jayson J. Green
Interim Program Coordinator for the New York Metro Region &
Project Director for the Goldman Sachs Institute for Entrepreneurial
Thinking

A Better Chance, Inc.
825 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Direct (212) 456-1819
Toll Free (866) 222-2586
Fax (212) 456-1929
jgreen at abetterchance.org 
http://www.abetterchance.org

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Message 4:
From: "Neil Tilley mail.nf.net" <chejnt at web.net>

Melissa,
I just finished the formal part of a two year program called Healthy 
Relationships with low income youth in rural and urban areas. The project 
developed a Healthy Relationships Learning Kit. In the kit we have a 
number  of resources. There are 2 Youth Wellness Exercise Books with all 
kinds of exercises to help young people gain self esteem, improve 
communications, solve problems, make choices, build partnerships, etc. We 
also have a Life  Management 11 workbook which provide all kinds of 
exercises and examples for young people to deal with real life situations. 
The other workbook is called Relationships which focus on various kinds of 
relationships and help  the person work through the issues with a 
facilitator or mentor. We also have 2 videotapes in the kits which were 
made by the young people. One is on Healthy Relationships and the others 
is a series of role plays for discussion groups. We also have a 
facilitators guide which helps young people use creative techniques such 
as forum theatre, photo novella and wellness strategies to deal with 
issues and better themselves. The kit is for sale and can be purchased at 
Extension Community Development Co-operative email 
extcoop at extensionco-op.nf.net   More resources that make be of help in a 
mentoring program that I have used:A Leaders Guide to Mentor Training- a 
manual edited by Judith Warren Little and Linda Nelson, Far West 
Laboratory for Educational Research and Development and the University of 
Oregon, Library of Congress catalog card number 89-80829

Developing Student Leaders- good workbook by Ray Johnston, Youth 
Specialities, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1992.

Mentors As Managers: Building partnerships for Learning. by Chip R. Bell, 
Berrett-Koehler Publisher , San Francisco, 1996. This is an excellent 
book. It talks about what mentoring is and gives good examples. It looks 
at surrendering and trust, accepting and listening, gifting and 
connecting, and extending, mentoring and learning.

Coaching, Mentoring and Managing  edited by William Hendricks, Career 
Press, National Press Publications, A division of Rockhurst College 
Continuing Education Center,Inc Franklin Lanes NJ, 07417 This book is 
broken up into various sections outlining the various role such as coach, 
mentor, manager, counsellor. It gives good examples and tools to work with 
any group of people.

The best programs I've found are the ones where I work with youth to form 
their own programs. the more ownership they have the better the 
participation and learning. Good luck in efforts to establish a mentoring 
program

Neil Tilley

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